Heart and Kidney Failure Healed during Child Birth
All of my life I have loved God and Christian Science. Over the years through the study of CS, many every day dilemmas (supply, illness, etc.) have been over-come, yet never did I encounter a serious physical problem until the birth of my child. She is 18 years old now and I am completely healed, yet her birth was a true trial for me and for my loved ones.
Six weeks prior to the baby’s delivery date I awoke to a physical abnormality. I called the hospital and they advised me to come in immediately. I also called a loving practioner that I have known since I was a child of 5 years old. She assured me God was right there with me, and that she would take up prayer for me at once.
I did not feel fearful. In the sense of urgency, I was capable of gathering just a few things to take with me, the most necessary being my Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy. I worked with pages 390-393 and memorized the following “Mentally contradict every complaint from the body, and rise to the true consciousness of Life as Love,...” Routine checks were performed with no visible subsiding of the problem. The perianatal specialist of the hospital was called-in to contribute. Towards the end of the day the concensous was that the baby was fine, I was fine, yet an inordinate amount of blood was being lost, and that I may need to spend the remaining six weeks of the pregnancy in the hospital under strict bed-rest.
Two days later I was moved out of Labor and Delivery to a less intense, recovery floor of the hospital. After spending another two days on this floor the situation took a turn for the worse. I was immediately sent back to Labor and Delivery and told that the baby would be born cesarean section as soon as possible. Now I began to be fearful and I again called the practioner to speak to her, she offered to come immediately to the hospital and I accepted.
Within two hours my daughter was born. A few hours later in recovery, I began to have difficulty breathing. Throughout my stay in the hospital, my copy of Science and Health was at my side and all of the nurses were very caring to keep it with in my reach.
In the wee hours of the night again the human situation worsened and I was sent for numerous tests and eventually ended in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. My husband was there and called the practioner, although he is not a Scientist he fully supports my beliefs and knows that God is responsible for me and that healing support would come from the practioner. When my husband came into the room, eight people were attending to me, he was advised that the picture was not a good one, to the extent the heart specialist told him a heart transplant could eventually become necessary. My husband never believed this for one moment. Neither did he mention this news to my family; as not to make it reality for me.
I was conscious during all of this, and knew I was having a tremendous difficulty breathing, yet I did not panic. I thought to myself, there is enough air for me to breathe, God is giving it to me, I will prevail.
22 hours later I was taken off the respirator. This was very good news to the doctors, and it was clear to me and my family that God’s love for me was controlling the out-come and progress was being made. The next morning again I was put through several tests and it was determined that I had greatly improved and I was transferred to the floor for normal post delivery recovery. At this time, though not requested, the perianatal specialist sat down in my room and proceeded to give me a run down of what had occurred. I was surprised by the list of ailments she spoke of, that she felt had attached themselves to me. She described everything from kidney failure to left-heart failure.
Two and a half days later I was released from the hospital with a clean bill of health. My daughter was absolutely perfect,. Never was she on a respirator, nor did she receive a single drop of medication, which I was told by the hospital staff was highly unusual for a premature delivery and such a small baby (she weighed four pounds).
One week later, I was requested to return to the heart specialist at the hospital for a check-up. During this week at home I prayed often and began to read a biography about Mary Baker Eddy entitled “Twelve Years with Mary Baker Eddy” by Irving C. Tomlinson.
I gained a different perspective on Christian Science from reading this book. Comprehending more of what Mary Baker Eddy encountered in her own life and in her development of the movement, I acquired a new appreciation for the substance, validity and practicalness of living one’s life adhering to what this religion teaches us.
During this check-up visit, several tests were performed. The doctor discovered everything to be quite normal. I believe he was rather astonished. He asked me to wait a moment while he looked into the opportunity to perform one more final test (a sonagram), this he said, would really tell the truth as to any malady this heart was suffering. A short time later, after performing this special test, the doctor turned to me and said “Well Kande, we’re just not used to seeing hearts get this much better, this fast!”. Needless to say, I was on my way, joyous of this demonstration of the healing power of God.
Unfortunately, though the human, physical body appeared healed, I began to suffer from intense fear of a re-occurance of the problem. This fear seemed at times to be overwhelming. I continued to study Science and Health, relying on statements such as “control evil thoughts, before they control you” and Bible statements such as “What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.” (Nahum 1:9)
Eventually this severe anxiety was abolished by the constant flow of love and support I received from God. Additionally, the tender guidance and continued involvement of a Christian Science practioner eventually restored my understanding of the unlimited power each of us have at our disposal from our Father Mother God.
This experience has served to strengthened my confidence in God. I’ve grown in my understanding of Christ Jesus and his loving legacy of Christian healing that is available to all of us, all of the time.
- Kande Hall Grabiner, August 2008
Manhattan Beach, CA
